The Algerian Ministry of Defense has announced plans to begin constructing Chinese Type 056 corvettes in local shipyards, effectively canceling the long-negotiated contract for purchasing Russian missile corvettes of Project 22380.

A three-video compilation showing blazes in Algeria, Ghana, and Iceland has been misrepresented on social media as footage of the Los Angeles wildfires.

Local media claimed that a Spanish tourist had been captured by ISIS terrorists in Alegria and taken across the border into the neighbouring country of Mali.

"Algeria, as the strategic gateway to the African continent, offers countless opportunities for developing strategic partnerships. Key areas include agriculture, water resource management, renewable energy,

President Emmanuel Macron and key members of the government will meet in the coming days to decide how to respond to what Paris deems as growing hostility from Algeria, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

The secret visit that led French foreign intelligence official Nicolas Lerner to Algeria, as reported by Le Figaro, seems to have led to no result in terms of de-escalation between Algeria and Paris,

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Friday accused Algeria of “trying to humiliate France” after the North African country refused to admit one of its nationals who was being deported. The influencer was arrested in the city of Montpellier on Sunday on charges of inciting violence in videos he posted on social media.

Algeria accused France on Tuesday of "unacceptable and blatant interference" after President Emmanuel Macron said Algiers was "dishonouring itself" by keeping French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal behind bars on national security charges.

France has accused Algeria of trying to "humiliate" it by refusing entry to a deported social media influencer who allegedly incited violence. The comments by French Interior Minister Bruno

Following the withdrawal of France's Operation Barkhane, Algeria is being challenged on its southern borders by Sahelian sovereigns seeking to free themselves from its influence.

France threatened on Friday to "retaliate" if Algeria escalates a diplomatic row that has flared up over the arrests of Algerian social media influencers accused of inciting violence.Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot threatened restrictions to visas or development aid,

The Type 056 corvette has a length of around 96m, and displaces 1,500t. With a crew capacity of 78 people and a range of 3,500nm, it has been used historically as a patrol and escort vessel, and to deliver maritime protection.